Nesaegocera

Nesaegocera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1974. Its only species, Nesaegocera comorana, was first described by Karl Jordan in 1926. It is found in the Comoro Islands in the Mozambique Channel east of Africa.[1][2][3]

Nesaegocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Nesaegocera

Kiriakoff in Kiriakoff & Viette, 1974
Species:
N. comorana
Binomial name
Nesaegocera comorana
(Jordan, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Aegocera comorana Jordan, 1926

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nesaegocera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (September 22, 2019). "Nesaegocera Kiriakoff in Kiriakoff & Viette, 1974". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nesaegocera Kiriakoff, 1974". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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